Main Exhibition Building & Horticultural Hall, International Exhibition. Fairmount Park. Philadelphia. 1876. [graphic].
Philadelphia: Published by J. Hoover, 1128 Chestnut St., c1876.
Not in Wainwright.
Copyrighted by the Centennial Board of Finance.
Print containing views of two of the main buildings to be erected at the Centennial Exhibition. Views include heavy visitor traffic by foot, carriage, horseback, and omnibus in the foreground. Also contains the dimensions (length, width, and area in feet and acres) of the buildings in the lower corners. The buildings were built after the designs of Herman Schwartzmann, Henry Pettit and Joseph M. Wilson. The Centennial Exhibition celebrated the anniversary of the United States through an international exhibition of industry, agriculture, and art in West Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.
Philadelphia on Stone
Historical Society of Pennsylvania: Medium Society Prints - Centennial - Misc. - Folder 12
Centennial Exhibition (1876 : Philadelphia, Pa.) -- Buildings.
Fairmount Park (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- West.
Chromolithographs -- 1870-1880. gmgpc
Hoover, Joseph, printer.
Pettit, Henry, 1842-1921, architect.
Schwarzmann, Hermann J., 1846-1891, architect.
Wilson, Joseph M. (Joseph Miller), 1838-1902, architect.
Printer United States. Centennial Board of Finance, copyright holder.
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